Literature
Amir Harash wins Sapir Prize for 2025; Roni Partchek takes debut award
Harash received the top honor at a ceremony held at the National Library of Israel, which hosted the prize event as part of celebrations marking 25 years since the award’s founding.
Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature
'Disasters of Biblical Proportions': From ancient Exodus to lessons in fear and faith - review
250 years later, Jane Austen lives on at the Jerusalem Cinematheque
Mastering the short story: Twelve vignettes capture America’s Jewish world - book review
'You’ve Told Me Before,' proves, if proof were needed after her first wonderful foray into this specialized literary field, that Jennifer Anne Moses is a master of the short story genre.
From Talmud to temptation: How erotica found a home in Orthodox Israel
Romance and erotica in literature, once niche, is growing in popularity among religious readers.
'Don’t Feed the Lion': Israeli, US journalists collaborate to tackle antisemitism in middle school
CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Keshet 12's Yonit Levi and CNN’s Bianna Golodryga, both respected journalists and Jewish mothers, came together to create a book they wished they found for their own kids.
Philip Roth’s latest biographer wants Jews to read him again, without the guilt
Stanford historian Steven J. Zipperstein had already begun work on the biography before the author died in 2018, arguing why Roth remains relevant and vital, especially to current Jewish discourse.
In National Book Awards finalist, Jewish trans boy and golem team up to save the world
The novel, which is aimed for middle-grade readers, features a young Jewish transgender boy who teams up with a golem, a creature from Jewish folklore, to save the world from demons.
Hebrew Union College, Ohio AG reach deal to protect 600,000 rare books, papers in Jewish collection
The collection contains Biblical codices, illuminated manuscripts, communal records, legal documents, scientific tracts, and incunabula.
The Taliban bans women’s books - and too many Afghans applaud - opinion
Thinking naively that Afghans living in Dubai would be either refugees or have wised up - I asked one what he thinks of the Taliban. His answer? "Wonderful."
Her Jewish grandfather’s shame inspired a prize-winning novel
Sasha Vasilyuk's debut novel, “Your Presence Is Mandatory,” won the $100,000 prize for a story inspired by her father’s father, a Jewish soldier in the Red Army.
An unflinching look at a nation in verse
The Metula Poetry Festival will be held in Jerusalem next week.
'To Be Holy but Human': A look into the life ‘hesder yeshiva’ creator Rabbi Yehuda Amital - review
One of a kind: Rav Amital was that unique and unparalleled leader who lived at a time when he was needed the most.
